Needle-threader.



UNITED; STATES Patented October 18, 1904i.

PATENT OFFICE.

' NEEDLE-THREA'DER.

\ SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 772,821, dated October18, 1904.

. Application-filed November 10, 1903. fie ifil NO- 180,530.- (No modeh)To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ADRIAN L. PEOK, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Sioux Falls, in the county ofMinnehaha andState of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Needle-Threaders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in needle-threaders, and has forits object a device by which a needlev may be easily and quicklythreaded.

has been passed through its eyelby means of the thread-catcher, and Fig.4; is a plan viewof my invention.

7 end for engaging the thread.

In the drawings let A represent a shank; B, a head on one end of saidshank; (J, a needle-threader on said head; D, a knife on the side ofsaid head for cutting the thread, and

'E a hook on the other end of said shank for hanging the device on asupport when desired.

The needle-threader C consists of a threadcatcher 2, which is averticalpin mounted on the head B and formed with a hook 3 on its Aguard 6, having sides 7 and 8, which stand vertically, with thethread-catcher. between, is fastened on the head'B. These sides convergehorizontally toward each other, as shown, and the hook 3 on said pinpoints toward the meeting line of said sides. The sides of the guardhold'the needle, with its elongated opening or eye, in position toreadily receive the thread as the needle is passed otf of the thread,-catcher.

curved, as shown, to guide the thread into suitable engagement with thethread-catcher. The spool of thread 9 is'revolubly supported on theshank A to'enable the thread 9 to be easilyunwound. 1

' In use the eye 4 of the needle 5 is passed The upper edge 10 of theguard is the thread-catcher over the guiding edge of the guard, whichcauses the thread to bear against the thread-catcher below the hook. Thethread is then held firmly in place and the needle lifted ofl the pin.This movement draws the thread through the eye of the needle, as shownin Fig. 3. The operation of threading the needle is completed by pullingthe free end of the thread through the eye.

The head may be of any suitable shape. As shown, its side has a circularchannel 12, across which the knife-blade D is fastened at '13 forcutting the thread.

The above coactive arrangement of parts for revolubly holding the spool,cutting the thread, and threading the needle quickens the operation ofthreading the needle and saves time and labor.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire toprotect by Letters Patent, is

l. A device of the class set forth, consisting of a suitable head, aguard on said head having sides which converge toward each other, theupper edge of said guard being curved to form a guide for the thread,and a thread-catcher between the sides of said guard, consisting of apin having its upper end formed with a hook whichis directed toward themeeting part of the sides of said guard and projects above said guidingedge.

2. A device of the class setforth, consisting of a shank for holding thespool formed with a hook on one end anda head on the other, a guard onsaid head having sides which converge toward each other, the upper edgeof said guard being curved to form a guide for the thread, and a pinbetween and projecting above the sides of said guard; said pin having ahook formed on its upper end which is directed toward the meeting partof the sides of said guard, for the purposes specified.

. 3. A device of the class set forth, consisting of a guard having sideswhich converge toward each other, the upper edge of said guard beingcurved to form a guide for the thread, a threadsisting of a pin havingits upper end formed with a hook which is directed toward themeeting-line of the sides of said guard and projects above said guidingedge, a shank on which a spool is rotatably supported adjacent to saidparts, and means for supporting said guard, thread-catcher and shank.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ADRIAN L. lilCOk.

\Vitnesses:

M. E. MoDoUeAL, W. H. LYON.

